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sententious

英 /senˈtenʃəs/美 /senˈtenʃəs/
  • adj.
    简洁精炼的；警句的，富于格言的
GRE

双语例句

  1. Sententious sage! So it is: but I swear by my household gods not to abuse it.
    善用格言的圣人！就是这么回事，但我以家神的名义发誓，决不滥用。
  2. Generally his ideas were expressed in brief sententious phrase, spoken in low voice.
    他发表意见总是用柔和的声音，简短的句子。
  3. That message, often delivered in sententious, near messianic tones, had little appeal.
    这些信息通常以警世名言，接近救世主的语气发出，却鲜有吸引力。

网络短语

  • sententious E
    简要的
  • a sententious essayist
    爱用警句的杂文家

词语扩展

adj.
epigrammaticaphoristic
简洁精炼的；警句的，富于格言的
adv.
sententiously简洁地

英英释义

  • adj.abounding in or given to pompous or aphoristic moralizing
  • adj.concise and full of meaning

词源

  • sententious说教的，多格言警句的
    sentence,教条，教导，格言，-ous,形容词后缀。
  • sententious
    From Latin sententiōsus, from sententia ‎(“opinion, purpose”).